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Post by Mandragora on Feb 9, 2003 3:10:43 GMT -5
Hm, IMPATIENCE  Why be impatient? Anyway, to those who are impatient, see the movie "The Rules of Attraction"... havent seen, I really doubt they'll show it here, but I read the first draft of the script last night, and it tells a great deal about this young woman who is impatient. (I also read in another MB that a lot regards that movie one of the best in 2002) Based on my experience, when I get impatient, I tend to screw it up. But when I tend to be too laid back, I screw it up too, but the thing is, it hasn't happened yet, and I am screwing it. It's hard to find the middleground, I guess, and unfortunately. I guess the safest way to go is not to get too serious right away  If I were to have my lovelife patterned after a movie... hmmm... I think I'd go with... with... with... I DON'T KNOW. YET |
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Post by ausaims on Feb 10, 2003 1:05:26 GMT -5
"Rules of attraction" comes out here in a few weeks- I heard about it on the radio on my way home from work tonight. They said it's rated R, which is 18 yrs plus. I don't know anything about it though, to know why it's rated that high. Usually most things here are M (Recomended 15 yrs plus) or MA (Must be 15 yrs plus).
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Post by Mandragora on Feb 10, 2003 6:40:49 GMT -5
Yup, that movie is pretty racy, but like I said I haven't seen it, but the script is really something. And yes, R is the rating. The topic is not for kids  By the way, the setting of the movie is pretty much similar to TSH, and is called Camden... then I remember in TSH it's Hampden. I think the characters of TRA can be found in TSH..., the group outside their elusive group. Oops, sorry for bringing up TSH here. ;D |
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Post by Voldie_M on Feb 10, 2003 16:49:41 GMT -5
ya know...i was just thinking..about what you said about things being meant to be
when i think about it...thats how i've always managed not to get upset when there's been a split between a boyfriend and myself
i always think think that hey,im still young,still in high school,if we split up it obviously wasnt meant to be,and of course sometimes i've got a little upset,but i've kept telling myself that i'm strong and that i'll get over him no problem.and the next day.....im fine.completely fine.
It's like some sorta mental block i put on it,i think one day i'll meet the guy of my dreams,so why worry about anything else in between....
heh..just a thought
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Post by Mandragora on Feb 11, 2003 10:36:46 GMT -5
Voldie M... you're still young You know what, when i was probably your age, when people say things like "You're too young" ,etc, I'd get really annoyed, but now that it's been years since high school, and I am in my early 20s, I myself think I am still too young. I mean, the world is our oyster... divide and conquer! But heck, to those younger people here, don't think about getting serious too much at that age, a lot MORE will happen in the years to come (I feel maternal at this point, heh)... and a lot more MEN! Well, not most of them are the right ones, anyhow... Hm now that I think about it, I want my love story to be something similar to "Amelie"... how she found her Nino Quincompoix... actually, I WANT the actor who played Nino Quincompoix, his name is Matthieu Kassovitz he's a French actor-director, OHMIGOSH, just look  Haven't you guys seen "Amelie"? It's really good |
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Post by Voldie_M on Feb 11, 2003 18:04:26 GMT -5
lol yeah i totally agree with what you're saying Even though a lot of people tell me im too young for this and that,and in my head i dont quite think it,sometimes i think im capable of whatever,but deep down i realise that i am,and you're right,there's plenty of time for everything,guys especially  and i gotta agree with you there....that guy is a bit of WOW aint he! but you know what...i STILL haven't seen the film amelie...!!! i got a feeling im missing out... gonna haveta rent it saturday i think |
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Post by Mandragora on Feb 11, 2003 23:18:35 GMT -5
YOU GOTTA SEE AMELIE It's incredible brilliant! Once, in a chatroom, a guy and I were chatting in this private room and he was asking me what I looked like, and I said, "Have you seen 'Amelie'?", and then he goes, "OHMIGOD, you're pretty!", and then I typed back, "No,no, I don't look like her, nyahahahaha". No wonder he disappeared!  That guy is BRILLIANT too... Matthieu. He's an ACTOR and a DIRECTOR, and he won a PALM in Cannes. He'll be 36 this year, and I am surprised because he doesn't look it. There is something about his 'softness', I mean it's like he's bathed in this sort of aura in the film.... though of course, maybe the cinematography has a lot to do with it! Oh dear, either I like men who are like at least ten years older than me or someone who is just too close to my age!  |
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Post by Voldie_M on Feb 12, 2003 13:07:28 GMT -5
Awww! thats so cool bout the whole aura thing,some peopel jsut give that off,i find that sometimes some people just have that "glow" about them...ya know what i mean
yeah,i've deffo gotta see Amelie,it looks bloody brilliant
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Post by Mandragora on Feb 13, 2003 12:26:48 GMT -5
'Auras' can sometimes be deceiving....  Well, not to be discouraging, but the thing is, sometimes it is hard to tell when you see someone and then you hear the angels dancing behind you or it was just an innocent breeze. Augh, I am back at my 'Amelie' stage! I don't believe this... I am not so sure if it's the season, but it feels like lately my detachment gets more pronouced than it already is! |
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Post by Voldie_M on Feb 14, 2003 18:53:25 GMT -5
right.....ive made up my mind.....tomorrow....im gonna rent it! im gonna rent amelie!!!!!!!! go me! lol |
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Post by Sampaguita on Feb 17, 2003 22:09:51 GMT -5
Do any of you feel this way ever?
I think I'm going through a quarter-life crisis... I'm seeing some of my friends (and cousins) get engaged, get married, have kids etc. And I feel like I'm coming up due on a timeline with nothing to show for it-- I'm single and probably not graduating on time... For some reason, this is really making me go crazy. I mean, on some level, I know that I'm holding out for the right guy and with the *efficient* [note the sarcasm] way the university makes necessary classes available things are bound to come up. BUT I never expected to feel so depressed and panicky about it all... especially being this young (early 20s). For some reason, my not being where I expected to be made me reexamine (over-examine, really) what I really want-- and it was like I didn't know anymore... And that scared me like nothing else. It wasn't until I saw my cousin with her husband and child that I calmed down-- when I sorta realized that I still want the same things only my timeline is skewed.
But for a while there, I was going through hell. (And I still have my moments of insecurity and panic.) All I'm about in sharing this with you all is trying to find out that I'm not the only person that's feeling like this. It would really help.
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Post by Mandragora on Feb 18, 2003 0:41:00 GMT -5
Gosh, Sam, I can totally identify with THAT. Well, personally, I guess what makes me torn right now is that I know NOW what I want, and how to get there, but college, or where I am now, is keeping me from going on... I think that's what's keeping me from finishing my Architecture degree, I am just too honest with myself with what I want, and I do not want a degree that I can just literally breeze through without learning anything substantial. That would be unfair to me and to Architecture. It's like this: I am married to my course, but I am having an affair with Writing/Film. Like any marriage, I want this marriage to work, but I am living a lie. Right now, I am months away from graduating, and I feel paralyzed. I am not graduating on time either, and this is on the basis that I am pursuing this other career that I want. I have decided to sacrifice graduation-time for my passion because I know at this moment I have to focus on what I am good at, and that's something I refuse to let go of. When it comes to relationship, yes, I am single, and at some point I felt like a freak since that I never committed myself to anyone (though I see guys on the side... like a side dish, haha)... I don't know, I think I am not up to settling at this point despite my age (am pushing mid-20s) I don't want to blame anyone for my frustrations, I have businesses to settle down as a single person. Well, my friends/cousins can get engaged/married, I'd be happy for them, but I just wish they'd get off my back why I don't find myself I nice chap to play Body Twisters with Hel-lo, like you can always play Body Twisters with any guy and not get in too deep. You know what, I know about re-examining yourself with respect to where you are, but I highly suggest not to compare yourself with anyone, NEVER EVER DO THAT. I think that's the problem with most people, I mean, it's not like we're here in this life to compete, I mean, heck, we're here to live. I am in no authority to give advice, really, since that I admit I have screwed certain parts of my life, based on society's expectations, but this is a cliche, and I hope this helps: don't live by anyone's standards because you yourself create your own reality. SEE? I am a mad, mad girl |
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Post by ausaims on Feb 18, 2003 19:02:11 GMT -5
It's something of a coincidence you just wrote that, because I was just reading an article in a magazine about women putting "deadlines" or "timelimits" on certain things in their life, eg. at 25 I will be married, at 30 I will have kids sorta' thing. And then when the ages pass and that hasn't happened they get dissillusioned.... however having said that I certainly didn't think I'd still be at uni at 23.....Ah well, it's all good. |
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Post by Mandragora on Feb 19, 2003 2:27:56 GMT -5
...I certainly didn't think I'd still be at uni at 23.....Ah well, it's all good. DITTO, ausaims! I think that things like that happen, setting deadlines for yourself, it's all about goals and everything. I actually have a copy of "Seven Habits"... and in a way it helped, but you know, sometimes there are such things as force majeurs... this may seem silly but when someone turns to me with that kind of problem (a lot of things like THAT happened last year), I only recommend they read Paulo Coellho's "The Alchemist". Actually it's a very good novel that enlightens one when it comes to such things... I actually know someone who refers to that book as her 'Bible'! I guess the only way to deal with that is through your own strategy. Right now I am debating in my mind about this definition of success that I read somewhere, and it says something like your success is defined by what you sacrificed. I know that is hard to accept, because, why can't I have it all, right? ACH, if only life would come with a user's manual. If only a person would come with a user's manual. Oh dear, this is turning into one of THOSE discussions! |
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Post by ausaims on Feb 19, 2003 4:04:59 GMT -5
LOL! Gotta love THOSE discussions... |
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Well, not to be discouraging, but the thing is, sometimes it is hard to tell when you see someone and then you hear the angels dancing behind you or it was just an innocent breeze.